Are High School Assistant Coaches Paid Enough?

Being a coach is a hard job. Wining is what determines if coaches get to keep their job or not, but winning is not the easiest thing to do. Coaches in the high school level have it tough in Texas, especially football. The average head coach gets paid between $50,000 to $100,000.  On the other hand, the assistant coaches do not get paid enough for the amount of work they do. In the city of Austin, an assistant coach will be paid a stipend of $5,917 for the school year. This is on par with the average for what assistant coaches make in the rest of Texas. This is not enough pay for the work being done. These hard working assistant coaches should be given a pay increase for every hour they spend working after five o’clock, or when they are required to come up to the school for sport activities. These coaches are in the office breaking down film before and after practice, and have to go to all the game functions which include Saturday practice or games. They are in the locker room when the kids get back late from the games and can’t leave until all of the kids have left. The independent school districts should give equal and fair pay to the coaches for spending all of that time away from home. The coaches would feel refreshed knowing that when they come to the filed house that there work is being compensated, instead of just going through the motions.